Stephen Eric Pearcy (born July 3, 1956) is an American musician who is the founder, singer, songwriter of the heavy metal band Ratt . He has also created the bands Firedome, Crystal Pystal, Arcade , Vicious Delite , and Vertex . He has also recorded seven albums as a solo artist.
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34-527: A Go Go . In 1981, the band's name was shortened to Ratt, and the original lineup was solidified in 1983. Playing clubs such as The Troubadour , The Roxy and The Whisky , Ratt amassed a large local following. After releasing an eponymous six-song EP in 1983 that sold 200,000 copies, Ratt released its breakthrough album, Out of the Cellar , on Atlantic Records in 1984. The band opened arena shows and tours for ZZ Top , Ozzy Osbourne and Billy Squier . "Out of
51-510: A Ratt problem." Pearcy has recorded four solo records under his own indie label Top Fuel Records. The latest, "View to a Thrill", was released on Frontiers Music/Top Fuel Records in November 2018; the music from the album was written by Pearcy and guitarist Erik Ferentinos. 2024, as a guest, Pearcy is singing the song "Shoot Shoot" on the Michael Schenker album My Years with UFO . Pearcy
68-493: A cassette and because as far as everyone knew, according to Circus magazine , he was the drummer for Osbourne, that may have helped him score an audition. Coury left Cinderella in 1991 and joined Stephen Pearcy of Ratt to form the band Arcade . He also briefly substituted for Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler in December 1987 when health issues forced Adler off the road. Coury re-joined Cinderella after Arcade folded. In
85-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stephen Pearcy In his early teens, Pearcy aspired to be a top fuel race car driver and expressed no desire to pursue a career in music. He listened to music and occasionally went to concerts in the 1970s. One night during the summer of 1970, a hit-and-run driver struck Pearcy while he
102-550: Is married to Kristi Adair. He has a daughter from his first marriage, born 1995. Pearcy underwent knee replacement surgery in 2019, three months after two Ratt shows that saw him incapacitated to the point where he had difficulty remembering the words to some of the band's songs. In the rockumentary "Nothing to Lose: A Stephen Pearcy Rockumentary" (2021), produced and directed by Kristi Adair, Pearcy confirmed that he beat his liver cancer after having had chemotherapy and an ablation procedure that removed his cancer completely. He
119-695: The Cellar" went five times multi-platinum, and the band headed its own arena tours around the world for the next ten years. After releasing four multi-platinum records and three gold albums with Ratt, Pearcy left the band in 1992. Pearcy and former Cinderella drummer Fred Coury formed the band Arcade in 1992. Arcade released a self-titled album in 1993 and another album the following year. In 1996, Pearcy dabbled in an industrial metal band called Vertex (with Megadeth 's Al Pitrelli and drummer / electronic producer Hiro Kuretani ). Pearcy reunited with Ratt in 1996, minus Robbin Crosby and Juan Croucier, only to leave
136-459: The band Sunjammer. As a teen, Coury was accepted to Berklee School of Music in Boston, for violin. Coury has played in other bands including London and Chastain and was playing with Ozzy Osbourne in 1985 filling-in for Randy Castillo who had a leg injury, before he joined Cinderella. Coury got into Cinderella when Eric Singer told him about the gig and encouraged him to audition. Coury sent in
153-401: The band for a second time in 2000 on the eve of a tour due to differences over the financial allocation amongst band members. Pearcy rejoined Ratt in 2006 before leaving again on April 24, 2014, explaining he was "officially done with having anything to do with them due to the constant turmoil, unresolved business, personal attacks/threats in the public forum, and most of all, the disrespect to
170-479: The fans". On November 29, 2016, Pearcy and other members of Ratt announced the upcoming Back for More Tour. A new Ratt lineup including Jordan Ziff (lead guitars) and drummer Pete Holmes (from the band Black and Blue) performed a handful of shows in late 2018 and embarked on a world tour starting in May 2019. In April 2020, Pearcy appeared with Ratt in a television commercial where new homeowners lament that they "have
187-544: The opening theme for the NBC series The Wall . Coury composed and created the original musical score for the 2019 feature film Full Count . An avid hockey fan, Coury combined his love of the sport with his musical skills to create the "Goal Song" and sonic identity for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. In 2017, The L.A. Kings series Black & White , which Coury scores, was nominated and won an Emmy Award . He also provides
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221-550: The sonic identity for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team, with whom he won a second Emmy award. In his spare time Coury enjoys storm chasing . He is also a part-time actor and has appeared in several films such as The Human Race or The Junkyard Willie Movie: Lost in Transit . Coury performs mixes for his dance/electronica group called Effcee. Coury is an avid NASCAR fan and can often be seen on "pit road" alongside
238-721: The summer of 2006, Coury and Cinderella joined Poison on a joint 20th anniversary tour. Coury also filled in for Rikki Rockett during Poison's slot at the Comstock Rock Festival on July 15, 2009, due to the fact that Rockett having had baby the day before, and in 2017 he filled for Night Ranger when his friend Kelly Keagy took a brief leave from tour. Coury spends most of his time in his Los Angeles recording studio Double Forte Music composing for television and sports. A multi-award-winning composer, Coury has scored all four seasons of NBC's hit series The Night Shift , WGN America's original series Almost Paradise , and also scored
255-577: Was born in Johnson City, New York , to a Lebanese family. At age 5, Coury started taking violin lessons. At age 6 he participated in his first public performance. Between the ages of 7 and 9 he studied at the Beirut Conservatory of Music in Beirut , Lebanon. At age 10, he added the trumpet to his repertoire. Finally, at age 12 he started to play the drums. By the age of 13, he was playing local bars with
272-548: Was riding his bicycle. While he was in the hospital for six months recovering from his accident, someone gave him an acoustic guitar. After fiddling around with the guitar for a short time, Pearcy decided to shift his focus from driving race cars to playing music. He started the bands Firedome and Crystal Pystal. Pearcy also wrote music for a band that he named Mickey Ratt (formed in San Diego in 1977). Pearcy moved his band to Los Angeles in 1980 after seeing Van Halen at The Whisky
289-476: Was subsequently on a maintenance program to make certain that his cancer did not return. As of 2022, four years after having been diagnosed, he was free of cancer. Fred Coury Fred Coury (born October 20, 1967) is an American musician best known as the drummer for the glam metal band Cinderella . Coury lists Neil Peart , Peter Criss , Bobby Blotzer , John Bonham , Eric Carr , Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as his drumming inspirations. Coury
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